1983 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-54
Finished 1st in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Stump Merrill (77-54)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 45,415, Avg. 693

1983 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Roster

The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1983 season with a record of 77 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Yankees topped the circuit with just 409 runs allowed. Fort Lauderdale scored 581 runs. Dan Pasqua led the team with 19 home runs, and Orestes Destrade walloped 15 or more also. Dan Pasqua drove in 84 runs. Tommy Barrett paced hitters with significant playing time with a .327 average. José Rijo paced the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 1.69 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1983 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Phil Lombardi, Eric Plunk, Pete Dalena, José Rijo, Jim Deshaies, Dick Scott, Bill Lindsey, Orestes Destrade, Tommy Barrett, Tim Birtsas, Dan Pasqua, Rex Hudler and Bob Tewksbury.

Stump Merrill served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
José Rijo	15	5	.750	1.68	21	21	0	15	4	0	160.3	129	38	30	6	43	3	152	2	1	4
Chuck Tomaselli	12	6	.667	2.77	23	19	3	6	2	0	133.0	110	47	41	7	61	2	91	5	1	7
Tim Birtsas	12	8	.600	2.36	23	22	0	9	3	0	167.7	120	57	44	0	88	0	160	10	0	15
Jim Deshaies	11	3	.786	2.52	20	19	1	5	2	0	117.7	105	44	33	5	58	1	128	2	2	2
Eric Plunk	8	10	.444	2.74	20	20	0	5	4	0	125.0	115	55	38	1	63	4	109	3	0	6
Mark Bersano	4	0	1.000	2.43	23	0	16	0	0	2	29.7	23	9	8	2	7	1	25	1	0	1
Dave Szymczak	4	3	.571	3.46	18	7	7	2	0	1	67.7	59	35	26	0	27	2	21	3	0	3
Dave Woodworth	4	7	.364	2.87	31	7	15	4	2	3	84.7	66	32	27	3	33	3	57	1	0	6
Rory Brown	3	3	.500	2.25	29	4	13	1	0	3	64.0	49	21	16	2	39	3	50	0	1	6
Bob Tewksbury	2	0	1.000	0.00	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.0	6	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
Bob Raftice	2	1	.667	8.31	6	3	3	1	1	0	21.7	27	20	20	0	18	0	12	0	0	0
Mark Mendez	0	0		2.08	4	0	4	0	0	2	13.0	9	3	3	1	9	0	13	0	0	1
Fritz Fedor	0	0		3.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	0	6	0	3	0	0	5
Dave Smalley	0	0		7.36	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.7	6	3	3	1	1	0	7	0	0	0
Mark Silva	0	1	.000	2.63	8	1	4	0	0	3	13.7	14	6	4	0	7	1	12	2	0	1
Mike Siwiec	0	1	.000	2.70	16	0	8	0	0	2	23.3	18	8	7	1	14	0	19	1	0	4
Tim Williams	0	2	.000	1.66	10	1	3	0	0	1	21.7	14	8	4	0	20	4	15	2	0	1
Scot Beahan	0	2	.000	5.31	7	3	2	1	0	0	20.3	23	13	12	1	14	0	16	0	0	3
Sheldon Andrews	0	2	.000	8.31	3	2	1	0	0	0	8.7	11	8	8	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	77	54	.588	2.67	269	131	81	50	18	17	1094.7	905	409	325	30	513	24	896	32	5	65	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Tommy Barrett	103	450	397	80	130	21	1	0	32	55	17	46	16	.327	.403	.385	.789	153		5	1	1	2
Orestes Destrade	127	511	425	61	124	24	5	18	74	3	4	82	86	.292	.406	.499	.905	212		1	1	2	8
Dan Pasqua	131	540	451	83	123	25	10	19	84	12	4	80	125	.273	.383	.499	.882	225		4	0	5	2
Rex Hudler	91	387	345	55	93	15	2	2	50	30	7	26	44	.270	.325	.342	.667	118		5	5	6	1
Dick Scott	120	404	345	40	75	11	2	4	32	7	7	44	93	.217	.305	.296	.601	102		1	11	3	0
Bill Lindsey	82	290	260	33	63	12	0	6	33	2	1	20	35	.242	.304	.358	.662	93		4	4	2	1
Todd Demeter	77	296	256	28	55	8	2	5	30	5	0	35	60	.215	.315	.320	.636	82		3	1	1	1
Pete Dalena	49	190	169	16	53	9	2	2	28	0	0	17	16	.314	.374	.426	.800	72		1	0	3	0
Tom Jones	73	239	217	31	53	5	2	0	12	6	2	19	38	.244	.305	.286	.591	62		0	3	0	0
Neil Simons	66	215	178	28	38	8	2	1	8	1	3	28	21	.213	.322	.298	.620	53		2	4	3	2
Brent Gjesdal	80	222	188	23	38	9	1	1	21	7	1	29	66	.202	.321	.277	.598	52		4	1	0	0
Mike Reddish	45	159	133	21	35	9	1	3	15	3	2	22	29	.263	.369	.414	.783	55		1	2	1	0
Pedro Medina	33	132	125	14	30	2	0	2	17	2	0	2	23	.240	.250	.304	.554	38		0	4	1	0
Tony Merulla	48	162	137	15	30	4	1	5	18	0	1	20	19	.219	.315	.372	.687	51		1	0	4	1
Gary Kempton	48	137	120	14	28	6	2	1	13	2	1	13	28	.233	.313	.342	.655	41		1	3	0	0
Johnny Hawkins	41	121	104	17	23	2	0	0	15	3	2	10	12	.221	.302	.240	.542	25		2	5	0	1
Paul Lesieur	38	86	81	6	14	0	0	0	7	1	1	3	6	.173	.202	.173	.375	14		0	2		0
Rick Molnar	29	77	64	5	12	2	0	0	4	1	0	6	10	.188	.260	.219	.479	14		1	4	2	0
Phil Lombardi	17	56	49	1	11	2	0	0	3	1	0	7	8	.224	.321	.265	.587	13		0	0	0	0
Greg Funk	17	52	49	6	10	4	0	0	2	2	1	3	15	.204	.250	.286	.536	14		0	0	0	0
Tim Jordan	11	26	26	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.115	.115	.231	.346	6		0	0	0	0
Pete Adams	9	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1335	4761	4127	581	1041	179	34	69	498	143	54	513	755	.252	.338	.362	.700	1495	0	36	51	34	19

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Todd Demeter	1B	74	588	48	8	61	.988	8.595
Orestes Destrade	1B	40	309	21	3	27	.991	8.250
Pete Dalena	1B	20	171	17	5	14	.974	9.400
Bill Lindsey	1B	3	11	3	0	0	1.000	4.667
Mike Reddish	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Rex Hudler	2B	87	188	239	12	57	.973	4.908
Tommy Barrett	2B	32	45	59	5	15	.954	3.250
Greg Funk	2B	16	23	30	2	7	.964	3.312
Pedro Medina	2B	12	29	33	2	5	.969	5.167
Dick Scott	2B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Tommy Barrett	3B	84	54	148	20	17	.910	2.405
Rick Molnar	3B	27	16	37	2	2	.964	1.963
Paul Lesieur	3B	24	11	20	0	4	1.000	1.292
Pedro Medina	3B	15	10	24	1	2	.971	2.267
Tony Merulla	3B	6	3	9	1	1	.923	2.000
Bill Lindsey	C	57	367	51	2	7	.995	7.333	11
Gary Kempton	C	41	269	28	6	4	.980	7.244	4
Johnny Hawkins	C	31	187	10	3	1	.985	6.355	4
Phil Lombardi	C	10	77	6	5	0	.943	8.300	0
Tony Merulla	C	3	14	0	0	0	1.000	4.667	0
Paul Lesieur	C	2	13	0	0	0	1.000	6.500	1
Dan Pasqua	OF	125	213	8	5	4	.978	1.768
Orestes Destrade	OF	83	116	3	6	1	.952	1.434
Neil Simons	OF	58	100	4	1	1	.990	1.793
Brent Gjesdal	OF	57	99	4	3	1	.972	1.807
Tom Jones	OF	56	66	2	4	0	.944	1.214
Mike Reddish	OF	36	37	2	0	1	1.000	1.083
Paul Lesieur	OF	6	4	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Tim Jordan	OF	5	13	1	1	1	.933	2.800
Dave Woodworth	P	31	0	19	2	0	.905	.613
Rory Brown	P	29	3	12	0	1	1.000	.517
Chuck Tomaselli	P	23	1	29	0	1	1.000	1.304
Tim Birtsas	P	23	6	24	5	0	.857	1.304
Mark Bersano	P	23	2	3	0	0	1.000	.217
José Rijo	P	21	9	23	1	0	.970	1.524
Eric Plunk	P	20	8	14	3	0	.880	1.100
Jim Deshaies	P	20	8	22	4	0	.882	1.500
Dave Szymczak	P	18	7	14	1	1	.955	1.167
Mike Siwiec	P	16	1	2	2	2	.600	.188
Tim Williams	P	10	1	1	1	0	.667	.200
Mark Silva	P	8	0	2	0	0	1.000	.250
Scot Beahan	P	7	1	4	1	1	.833	.714
Bob Raftice	P	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	.500
Mark Mendez	P	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dave Smalley	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Sheldon Andrews	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Bob Tewksbury	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Fritz Fedor	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Dick Scott	SS	119	177	350	34	69	.939	4.429
Rex Hudler	SS	10	7	6	3	1	.812	1.300
Pete Adams	SS	9	2	7	1	2	.900	1.000
Pedro Medina	SS	8	12	21	1	8	.971	4.125
Rick Molnar	SS	2	1	9	0	0	1.000	5.000
Greg Funk	SS	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		1430	3284	1378	156	319	.968	3.260	20	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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